Fancy Pod

No boys, no Noah, nothing that had to be done. Today, was about trying to catch up.

Evelyn and I slept in a little this morning and then she played while I made my list of things to get done. I was able to chat with Melis (shocking!) for a bit about the party on Monday (holy cow that came on fast!) and I think we have some really good plans. I also managed to get myself a little done up today despite the burn (putting on anything with sleeves was very painful so I opted for strapless) but it didn't help with the pain any. Or with the crazy redness that made everyone stop and tell me how painful it looked.

Finally, Just before Evelyn and I left to start our errands, I discovered that my ipod was out of space due to all the apps I have on it for the kids. I spent a little bit of time on craigslist looking for a second hand one with a more memory and left the house with a few messages out in search of one. It came quicker than I expected: within our first hour of being out. So much for being productive.

Evelyn and I had time to run over to my brothers house and deliver the birthday party invitation (and stop to buy some lemonade from some cute little girls selling it on the corner), deposit money into the bank, and grab the sugar and Joanns before we went to meet the people about the pod. They were from Rancho, but luckily they were willing to meet me at Panera on Sunrise (where I had two free goodies on my card) so I took out two birds with one stone.

I gave them 2 bucks for a glass of lemonade and a picture of their stand. Yes, I asked first and got permission.

I got an amazing deal on a 64gig Ipod touch (with camera and microphone) and I absolutely love it. The one thing that always pissed me off about not having a smart phone was not being able to read the labels on things I wanted to buy, or ads in the newspaper because all it showed was a stupid QR Code. Now, I can read those stupid codes. I'm a member of the QR Code reading club and nobody can keep secrets from me anymore. It's probably not THAT big of a deal, but I'm still excited about it. And so is Cliff, I gave him the original ipod.

Finishing the work week and we were joined by Bert for dinner to enjoy the chicken thighs (I scrambled looking for on Tuesday) that have been marinating the last 4 days. It was so great to have him over, even if I was a bit grumpy. Sorry Bert. Dinner was delicious! I think I will try to use that marinade a lot more often, and longer is always better. I sauteed the pea shoots and arugula and Albert brought his tasty pasta salad. Evelyn was in heaven with all the "afoof"s (olive) she got to eat. We even tricked her into eating the chicken by telling her it was "meat". Not chicken, Meat. And she loved it.

We made trifle to eat for dessert while we watched season of the witch. Not at all what I thought it would be. Another fantastic night with pleasurable company.



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